Topic 8 quiz Flashcards
Motivation
A need or desire that energizes and directs behavior
Instincts
A complex behavior must have a fixed pattern through out a species and be unlearned (ex. Babies and sucking)
Drive reduction theory
The idea that a psychological need creates an aroused tension state (drive) that motivates an organism to satisfy need
Homeostasis
The maintenance of steady internal system; end goal of drive reduction
Yerkes-Dodson Law
the principle
that performance increases with
arousal only up to a point, beyond
which performance decreases.
Opponent-process theory
the more someone experiences a fear inducing stimuli, they won’t have a fear response anymore
Maslow’s hierarchy of needs
humans are motivated to fulfill their needs in a hierarchical order. This order begins with the most basic needs before moving on to more advanced needs
lateral hypothalamus
signals hungers
ventromedial hypothalamus
tells u when ur full
extrinsic motivation
motivation from your external environment
intrinsic motivation
motivation from yourself to stimulate or challenge yourself
james lange theory
the theory
that our experience of emotion is
our awareness of our physiological
responses to emotion-arousing
stimuli.
cannon bard theory
the theory
that an emotion-arousing stimulus
simultaneously triggers
(1) physiological responses and
(2) the subjective experience of
emotion.
two factor theory
the Schachter-
Singer theory that to experience
emotion one must (1) be physically
aroused and (2) cognitively label the
arousal.
general adaptation syndrome
describes the physiological changes the body experiences when under stress
